Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-12-19
Caledonia County Court.

The first case tried this term was
| Miles and wife v. Clifford, claim fol
/ damages for assault on plaintiffs wife
/ Both parties lived in the same honse in
| Hardwick and had a difficulty about some
| turkeys. and in the scrimmage Miles and
! Clifford got to a clinch, and as Mrs. Miles
| Joined Clifford seized her and set her
| down in a chair, whereby she received
injuries, so claimed. Verdict S24. 25 for
plaintiff. Lsmpson for plff; Hathaway
aud Bates for def.
Warren Meserve vs.. Jonas f. Folsom
and Abraham Thomas. Claim of DANA
yes for assault. false Imprisonment &c.
The evidence showed that in 1888 plain
tiff was in Wheelock, refused to make
his list, was assessed and doubled accor-
ding to law, making a grand list for him
Of about 533, OF which assessment he
was notified according to law; plaintiff
claimed he was not notified. He refused
to pay and cows were sold to satisfy the
tax. The COWS turned out to be prop
ertY Of other parties, who brought suit
and recovered. The collector then at
tached Meserve's body, took him to Jail
in 81. Johnsbury, and just before key
was turned on him be paid the tax under
protest, and afterwards brought this
suit Plaintiffs residence figured prom
inently in the trial, it being shown that
he came from TOp>ham 10 Sutton in
about 1850 and that he was some in
Wheelock, some in Sutton and some
somew here else TO the great confusion Of
ASSESSORS THE respective towns. One
OF the lawyers expressed It well when he
said he was very evenly distributed over
two or three towns about the first Of
April. Plaintiffs defense against paving
the tax was that he Was not a resident
OF Wheelock at the time the tax was
assessed. The case occupied several
days in trial. a large number Of witness
se> were examined. and it turned. out to
be an expensive piece OF litigation insti-
tuted t. determine whether Meserve was
legally bound TO pay tax Of s. SO. By
the verdict of the jury it appears that
the tax was legal. Verdict for def.
Bates May and Dunnett for plfI Ide
& Stafford and Cahoon for dcn.
H c. Moore IS. B. f. Haviland. An
action Of deceit in the sale Of horse.
or false representations. A man from
Boston wanted horse and plaintiff sent
a man 70 Danville To buy the horse in
question, and he bought the horse for
$500 on representation that he was all
right % far as defendant knew PIf
took him to Boston. Speeded him 40 De-
fore customer with the understanding
that there was 500 in him, but the
speeding taxed the wind and disclosed
the fact that the horse was whistler
tie was afterwards put up at auction
and brought Sl5O Plaintiff brings ac-
ton 10 recover his loss 10 the trade and
something for wounded pride occasioned
oy getting cheated IN a horse trade
The Grand jury We're discharged Thurs /
day, having Investigated a good number 4
Of cases and returned ten true bills. four
being against Loyejoy. alias ''Boheinian /
Bill, and three against Gibbs. one 4
against Jane Hopkins for stealing a
borse- These three persons, VINO have 4
been 10 jail for some months. all entered 4
the court on Tuesday last and answered 4
guilty 10 the charges against them
LoFeJoy, ourgiailY, theft, etc /, took a
sItuation for Is years IN Windsor states
prison Gibbs for stealing horse, buggy
ETC, 10 years IN the same Institution
9ahe Hopkins for stealing team ~ Sher-
brooke and selling il in CaledOnla co1o-
~ took four Years IN the house Of cor
rection. Two crimInai cases viii b.
Sharply tried iaieF-~tate againSt Thorn
a. Wan Tor burning barn 10 valdez
ard state v. Wells for busDing barr
il East Burke- Union